End-gate for wagons



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Nu-282,361. Patented July 31, 188B;

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HAZEN II. PERKINS, on KEWANEE, ILLInoIs.

. EN DFG'ATE FORWAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming art of-Letters PatentNo. 282,361, dated July 31, 1883,

v Application filed January 27,1883. (No model.)

T0 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAZEN H. PERKINS, a' citizenof the United States, residing at Kewanee, in the county of Henry and State. of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon End-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon which forma part of this specification. a I

This invention relates to wagon end-gates of that class in which the side boards of the end-gate are'secured to the bottom board ordinarily by angle-irons, as shown in Letters Patent No. 250,280, granted to me November 29, 1881; and the invention consists in constructions and combinations hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, and in which the similar letters used as marks of reference apply to like parts in all the figures, Figure 1 is a perspective of the end-gate. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of one side of the end-gate in line as w in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the strap-bolt.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A represents an end-gate formed of side boards. B,

and bottom board, D, with transverse bars E to strengthen the bottom board.

F represents my improved strap-bolt, consisting of a strap, f, with a semicircular flange, f, projecting from its side at one end of the strap, and a screw-threaded'bolt, f, projecting from said flange. The flange prov 40 jects at g g g beyond the sides of the bolt as shown in the drawings, and the rear side of the bolt is in line with a prolongation of the back side of the strap, as shown at Fig. 2. G is a nut on the bolt f, and g g are holes in the strap f. The strap f is secured bybolts or rivets h to the side board, B, and the pro jecting flange g g g rests upon the bottom board, D, while the bolt f projects through the bottom board and through the bar E. By the use of this strap the nut G may be turned to draw the side board, B, down very securely I any desired metal, and is useful in any place where boards are to be secured to each other at right angles, and especially in cases like the end-gate shown, in which there is nothing to hold the side boards from being drawn in ward at their upper edges by an ordinary fastening.

H is the hook H shown in patent hereinb efore referred to, and in this case is shown as secured to the end-gate by bolt j, which passes through it and the nut G, which holds it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A strap-bolt formed of a strap, f, bolt f in linewith the prolongation of the back side of the strap, and semicircular flange f, adapt ed to hold the parts while tightly drawn together by a nut G, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a wagon end-gate, in combination with the bottom board, D, and side boards, B, a strap the back side of the strap, adapted to secure the side boards to the bottom and hold these at right angles to each other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- HAZEN H. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

H. M. RICHARDS,

SAML. N. GRosE.

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